Curry Udon

I was once at this tamoya udon shop at Liang court one day, initally want to order curry udon but need to wait awhile so hence I try other options. A few days back I still have one packet of instant in my fridge and also I bot many carrots so I was thinking why not make my own curry udon? Hence this is my own verison of curry udon. Hehe...  

Serves 1

Speghetti Carbonara

In my previous pasta post: suasages with mushroom speghetti, I find myself suddenly got a passion to try out many different recipes about pasta. As normally in the past, I often bought a can of pasta sauce and some ingredients such as brocoli, mushroom, hotdogs to goes with the pasta.

Olive oil goes very well with pasta. Adds in a unique taste. I remember during my b'dae, my bf brought me to this chillax massage cafe, they hav this speghetti carbonara. Since then, I had been wondering how it was done. And I managed to find one. Below recipe is my verison with some changes of the porportion of the ingredients.

Serves 1

Stir Fried Hokkien Flat Noodles

Since I have some left over hokkien flat noodles and big white cabbages, I decided to use it as fried noodles dish as bot ingredients goes well with each other. I got abit of inspiration from those zichar dishes like hor fan, hong kong noodles etc. Normally those zichar stalls will have fish cakes, prawns and sotong in them.

As I always prefer to do it in my own style, so I omited prawns and sotong and using some simple ingredients to make it more homestyled.

Serves 2

Curry Yong Tou Fu

Last Sunday cooked this dish as I miss the taste of curry and yong tou fu together. I have eaten quite a few times at one of the hawker place near my wrkplace area. So i decided to try out by combining some yong tou fu and jap curry together. I am gald it turns out well.

Serves 2 person

Sausages with Mushroom Speghetti

One day, I had an idea strike my mind. I never cook my pasta in this way, I will normally buy those ready to use pasta sauce with some simple ingredients like brocoli, hotdog etc. 

So went around searching for easy recipe that can combine sausage and mushroom together so well and finally I found it on a youtube video..

Serves two

Kim Chi Fried Rice

Was kinda wondering beside bulgogi, japchae, bimbibap, ddukbokkie, wat esle is consider as korean cuisine. I try to search through wiki and was kinda curious, keen to try outkim chi fried rice. Imagine kim chi with rice, the combination must be very nice!!!

Since then, I try to research some easy to follow recipe as reference. I use some of the kim chi sauce to marinate the minced meat overnight. I am gald I like it lots.. 

Serves: two

Chocolate Lemon Yoghurt Cake with Chocolate Frosting

In this I have combined two recipe together. Both combines with each other very well. Hope you guys find the same after you try out both recipes. And yes this is the b'dae cake which I baked for my bf. 

Makes: 4 1/4 inch of heart shape cake tin, 1 small loaf tin - 180 x 95 x 55mm and about 5 muffin cup cake liners

Chocolate LemonYoghurt Cake

(Original recipe here) 

Lemon Yoghurt Butter Cake

Have been bookmarked this recipe a couple of months ago. Initially want to make this cake as my bf b'dae cake. So I have been practising this recipe to test out his taste bud and I gald I did. He dun really like the strong yoghurt smell. So hence I have made a little admendment on this recipe. But in the end I decided to use the same recipe with chocolate flavour for his b'dae cake instead. (Stay tuned in my next coming post: Chocolate Lemon Yoghurt Cake)

Makes: 4 1/4 inch of heart shape cake tin, 1 small loaf tin - 180 x 95 x 55mm and about 3 muffin cup cake liners

(Original Recipe adapted from here)

Pork Bulgogi

I enjoy watching the cooking show: let's cook hosted by Kelvin Su and Quen Yifeng. There is a epsiode whereby their contestant is korea. I saw one of the contestant prepare and cook three types of bulgogi: beef,  chicken and pork. 

Tell you all a secret, not only I like korean's spicy rice cakes and I also like the bulgogi. We chinese prefer our meat to be salty whereas they prefer it to be more sweeter. I also feel that bulgogi also goes well with lettcure. It can sort of chase away the oilyness.

Serves 2

Strawberry Muffin

Yeah yeah my 2nd attempt of baking muffins. This time I have more control of the heat and the surface of the skin does not burnt too. Hehe feel like as thou I have accomplish something great!! The texture is much more moist and is more yummy than my chocolate chip muffin. I think the butter has a part to do with this. By  the way I got this recipe from noobcook. 

Makes 27 small muffin(using normal size of cup cake liners)

Ketchup Tofu Minced Meat

I again pass by Cuisine Paradise on one of her wordless post and saw this recipe.. Was so tempted to give this dish a try.. I match this dish with some plain congee..

Serves 2

Gochujang Chicken Stew

I had book marked this recipe quite some time ago but just that did not have much time to try it out. This dish require korean chilli powder which is known as gochugaru but I did not have any until when I decide to pay a visit again at the sol korean mart at novena again to stock up some korean food stuff.

I feel that this dish is similar to those chicken stew and baised chicken mingjolt (in my this blog i named this dish as stewed chicken wing) which I have prepare before. The only difference is that this dish uses not only gochugaru, it also uses gochujang and is spicy while the other is more consist of oyster sauce, dark soya sauce etc..

I adapted this recipe from my favourite recipe blogger, Ellen Guan.You may prefer to hers for the original recipe as I have modified this recipe to make it less spicy as my luv he can't really take too spicy food. 

Serves 2

Stir fried cabbage

This is probably one of my favourite vegatable when I eat mixed rice or noodles. I feel is very crunchy and goes well with almost everything like carrot, shrimp etc.. You can cook it in soups too!

I often match with noodles, fried beehoon or beehoon soup. You can say that I am a cabbage lover too!

This recipe is so simple, easy and nutrious to prepare at home. 

Serves 2 - 3

Chocolate Chip muffin

Finally I have my first baking blog post as perviously I have tried baking chiffon cake, orange vanilla loaf cake(cupcake verison) but some hw is always to burnt due to various reason. But I won't give up and will try again. 

Trying to clear off some of my baking powder of the shelf as its expiry date is coming to end of this month. So I have been searching around and found this recipe on Little Teochew's blog and it uses many baking powder.

Since I have some chocolate chip from my last baking of chocolate chiffon cake, so I decided to give this recipe a try. I have modified abit of the recipe as I do not have vanilla extract so I replaced it with vanilla essence.

Makes 12 muffin

Chawamushi - new creation of my own verison

Previously I have blogged about chawamushi. So this post is mine another creative and creation of my own verison of chawamushi. I have some left over corn after making japanese potato salad, so I decided to use  of them for some sushi and some for chawamushi.

Japanese Potato Salad

Found this recipe on another blog. Hence decided to give it a try. I did not know corn can be part of a salad. Is so refreshing and crunchy. So does the japanese cucumber.  I have change part of the recipe to make it less fattening yet still very delicious. I even eat it for breakfast during my working days.

Japchae

I never knew that glass noodles can be cook in such a way that it is being used as a main ingredients instead as a companion with other ingredients. Korean people sure know how to make their dishes full of their own styles. Hence I decided to give it a try after I saw my friend do her own verison too.

Sukiyaki Pork Bowl

Aha recently feel so japanese, so that why have been cooking some japanese food. Last time in the past when ever I step into any yoshinoya outlet, my favourite order will be the vegetable beef bowl. But ever since I known my bf, I never touch beef again. Anyway back to the point, a couple of weeks ago I bought a recipe book about Japanese meal. This recipe which I will be sharing is adapted from the recipe: Sukiyaki Beef Bowl found in the book. I used lean pork to replace beef.

Sizzling Tofu

This dish is one of my favourite zi char sides. I simply love the tofu and eggs with it. So yummy delicious! I am quite a adventurous person so I will often go around to search for recipes for the dishes which I love so much. And yeap, this recipe I also adapted from cuisine paradise. And again I modified part of the recipe  and make it my own style. LOL~

Old Cucumber Soup

This one of the easiest soup to cook. I like to eat the flesh of the old cucumber. It is very easy to prepare as well. You just need some dates, old cucumber and pork ribs and here you go to match with other side dishes with rice.

Rabokki

I saw this recipe through cuisine paradise blog. I find it very creative to mix with rice cakes and ramen together. So today I try it out and I feel is so refreshing as if you are eating half salad and half main course. Why do I say that? Is because in this recipe, carrot and japanese cucumber is use as topping. So below is my modified verison..

Pizza Mayo Toast, Scramble Egg with hotdogs

In this post I will be sharing a gd way to chose ingredients that is best to serve as breakfast or even as brunch. I always wake up more in afternoon during weekend or public holiday, so on such days I usually have two meals on such days. I quite addicted in making pizza toast. But this time round I did a different flavour - tuna mayo. So yummy. I think it goes well with some hot dogs/sasuages and scramble eggs. By the way this is my first time preparing scramble eggs and I am quite pleased with my result.

Servings: 2 pax

Ingredients:-

Pizza toast
4 wholemeal bread
1 can of ayam brand tuna mayo spread
Some itanliano Pizza plus cheese
4 tablespoon of tomato sauce

Fried hot dog
4 hot dogs
1 tablespoon of margarine

Scramble eggs
4 eggs - beaten
1/4 cup of low fat milk
1 tablespoon of margarine
Dash of salt and pepper to taste

Method:

(A)For pizza toast, just the steps in this post: Pizza Toast

(B)Fried hot dog
     1. Melt the margarine in hot pan.
     2. Add in hot dog and cook till light brown and dish out.

(C) Scramble eggs
      1. Add in salt, pepper and milk into the beaten egg mixture, mix well.
      2. Melt margarine in hot pan.
      3. Pour half portion of the egg into the pan.
      4. Once the edges of the egg mixture is set, use spatula to move to the centre of the egg.
      5. Repeat the above step until no more liquid. Cook till the bottom is fully set.
      6. Dish out on a plate and repeat all the above steps for the remaining half portion of the egg mixture.

Final step: Arrange two pizza toast, two hot dogs togther with the scramble egg just like the arrangement shown in the above photo.

Kim Chi Ramen (Self invented) - Serves 1

Suddenly one day I have an inspiration of mixing kimchi together with ramen. Previously I have done it in a Japanese way. So decided to try out in korea style.. 

Ingredients:-
Half of small pkt of kimchi
2 chicken fillet
Ramen (1 serving)
1 chicken soup stock

Seasoning:-
2 tablespoon of Gohujang

Garnish:-
1 stalk of chopped spring onions

1. Boil ramen in a pot of boiling water and cook till soften. Soak it in cold water.
2. Add in chicken into the pot of water and cook till it cooked. Dish out and cool the chicken fillets by putting in cold icy water.
3. Add chicken stock into the pot of water and disolve.
4. Shred the chicken fillets into shredded strips and set aside.
5. Add in gohujang into the pot of boiling water and mix well.
6. Add in back ramen and chicken together with kim chi.
7. Once the water has boiled, switch off the stove and garnish with chopped spring onion.

Pizza Toast

I see a newly post about this recipe on cuisine paradise's blog. I feel so excited about it and decided to try on my own. I never thought that bread can be combined with pizza fillings. Plus this dishes is so cheesy. I am a cheese lover so I am very sure I like this alot which in fact I really did. Hehe. 

Pizza Toast (serves 1)

Ingredients:-
2 wholemeal bread
3 small shiitake mushroom- sliced, scaled and seasoned with dash of salt
1 breakfast ham - teared
1 - 2 tablespoon of tomato sauce

Some Perfect Italiano Pizza plus cheese mix

Garnish:
Dash of dried parsley

Method:-

1. Toast the bread in preheated oven toaster for 2 mins. Turn over the bread to the other and again  toast for 2 mins.
2. Spread thinly with tomato sauce and top the bread evenly with the cheese.
3. Next, top it with ham followed by mushroom. Spread evenly with the cheese again.
4. Put the breads into to the oven toast and toast it for 3 mins till the cheese melted or slightly brown.
5. Garnish with dried parsley before serving. 

Chawamushi

Whenever I dine in japanese resturant, most of the time I will order my favourite side dish: chawamushi. I like the sweetness taste in it. You still see some soup-like water when you eaten part of it. I must say this is one of the creative dish invented by japanese people. They can add in crabstick, chicken etc to make it so delicious. Compared to our own chinese style, we often mix the egg with fish or minced meat only. The taste is much more savory.

I always very curious and always wanted to try out this dish on my own. I ever bought a premix of chawamushi. Taste almost the same as those japanese resturant. But however there is a strong determination in me that I wana do everything from the start. After see I eat I shoot I post's one of the video on the making of chawamushi, I decided to follow the same method but ingredients wise I did not follow the same. So here below recipes is my own style.

Ramen in miso soup - serves 1

I always love noodles more than rice. It can be cook in either dried, soup, or even semi- dried. I always like how japanese restuarant the way they handle their own kinda ramen. Thinking to myself, if only I know how to cook my own style of ramen in miso soup how great it would be. And yesh! I finally did some research and managed to get some related recipe to try on my own. 

The picture which you see below is my 2nd attempt of the recipe which I gona share with you guys. My 1st try did not reali work out well due to my hot spring egg as the egg white was too watery and I did not put in boiled water to cook it.  Did further research and managed to succeed for the 2nd time.

Ingredients:
1 egg
1 serving cup of canned corns
2 stalk of xiao bai cai - seperate stem and leaves
1 vegetarian cha siew- cut into thin slices
1 serving size of ramen

Soup base:
1 tablespoon of miso paste
1 packet of dashi soup base

Garnishing:
1 stalk of chopped spring onions

Method:

Spring egg

1. Put eggs in boiling water and cook it for six mins.
2. After six mins, take out the egg and cool it down with ice water.

Ramen

1. Cook ramen in boiling till soften for 1 min and place it in a bowl of cold/warm water.

Miso Soup

1. Follow the same step as stated in my previous blog post: http://evesj85-recipes.blogspot.sg/2012/12/miso-soup-serves-two.html. (Except for the step in adding tofu in the step).
2. Add in xiao bai cai and cook till the vegetables are cooked. Switch off the fire.

A. Drain off the water away from the ramen, place vegetarian char siew, corns and vegetables nicely.

B. Cut the egg into half and place it nicely.

C. Add in the miso soup and garnish with chopped spring onions.

Bak Gua Fried Rice(Serves 1)

Cny has just pass by us a few weeks ago, I believe every hsehold still have some left over goodies and nt so sure what to do with it rite? For me I got a veri gd idea when it comes to handling of left over bak gua. I use it as one of the ingredient for fried rice. I am so gald the taste just turn out to be so nice. 

Ingredients:-
1 egg - beaten
1/2 cup of mix vegetables

Bak gua cut into bitting size as shown in the picture above

1 serving bowl of cooked rice

Seasoning:-

1 1/2 tablespoon of light soya sauce

1 teaspoon of sesame oil

Dash of pepper to taste

Garnishing:-

2 stalk of spring onions - chopped

Method:-

1. Heat pan and stir fry mix vegetables. Once there is no much of water in it, add in bak gua and mix well. Cook for 1 min and dish out.
2. Pour in half of the beaten egg and use spatual to cut the cook the egg into pieces once cooked. Fry the pieces till slightly brown and add in mix vegetables and bak gua. Mix well.
3. Add in rice, seasoning together with the remaining beaten egg and mix well. Cook for 1 min.
4. Dish out on a serving plate and garnish with chopped spring onions.

The taste of this dish has a sweet taste due to bak gua, slightly different taste compared to those normal fried rice. (=

Chicken Salad with bread

Suddenly have a strong determine to get myself in some serious and strict diet. I have some bread which I bought and some left over carrot. So I thought of making a healthy chicken salad with some lightly toasted bread for a dinner as dinner is best not to let yourself eat too much especially starchy food. Hope this recipe also benifit ladies out there who are trying to have a healthy diet lifestyle too.

Ingredients:-
1 Potatoes - cut into cudes
1/2 carrot - cut into cudes
3 chicken fillets - cut into cudes
1 multigrain bread

Seasoning:-
Dash of salt

Method:-

1. Cook chicken in a pot of boiling water till cooked. Add in salt to taste.Dish out.
2. Cook potatoes, carrot till soften. Add in salt as well. Dish out and place potatoes, carrots and chicken in a serving bowl.
3. In the meantime, toast the bread in a oven toaster for about 3 mins. Use a tong to remove the bread and cut the bread into small cudes. Mix well with the chicken, carrot and potatoes.
4. You may want to serve with some local letture to make this salad more nutritious.

Vegetarian Beehoon & noodle(Serves two)

I remember last time when I was still very young, my dad often packet vegetarian beehoon for me. I always luv it so much as it taste so good. My favourite was the vegetarian bbq pork and as well as the crispy vegetarian goose. There was once I shop at my house nearby NTUC and come accross the vegetarian bbq. So I bought a packet of it. Below is a recipe of how I create my own style of vegetarian beehoon with some noodles.

Ingredients:-
1/2 cabbage - cut into thin strips
4 pcs of vegetarian bbq pork
1/2carrot- cut into thin strips
1 serving of beehoon - soaked
1 serving of noodles - cooked and drained
1 garlic - chopped

Seasoning:-
2 tablespoon of dark soya sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
1 teaspoon of sugar

Method:-

1. Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in happy call pan and stir fry garlic until lightly brown.
2. Add carrot and cook about 3 min or till soften abit.
3. Add in cabbage, sugar and stir fry for 1 min.
4. Add in the vegetarian bbq and stir well.
5. Dish out and add in bee hoon and noodles.
6. Add in the rest of the seasoning & vegetables, bbq pork and stir well. Serve hot when done.

Kim Chi Soup(serves two)

Is pretty cold and raining season for this month. So is a best excuse for me to have something hot and spicy for lunch or dinner. I can say I am a person who really fancy alot on Japanese and as well as Korean cuisine.   They have always include their signature vegetables/meat etc into their dishes, such as seaweed for Japanese and kim chi for Korean. So the below recipe which I will sharing is a full of korean culture soup.

Ingredients:-

1 medium onion - cut into slices

1 silken tofu - cut into thick section of cubes

Half of China wong kok - cut into section

4 chicken fillets - cut into slices

3 cloves of garlic - minced

3 stalk of spring onions - 2 stalk cut into 3cm long and 1 stalk cut into 1cm long for garnish

150g Kimchi like the above

Seasoning:

2 table spoon of Gochujang

Salt & pepper

Method:

1. Add in 1 teaspoon of sesame oil in happy call pan and satute minced garlic.
2. Add in chicken and stir fry to almost white.
3. Add in onions, spring onions(3 cm long), kim chi and gochujang and stir well. 
4. Add in about 600ml of water and cover the pan till the water has boil.
5. Transfer the soup to a pot and continue add in wong kok. Add in more water if neccesary and simmer for 10 mins.
6. Add in tofu & salt and simmer about 5 mins.
7. To serve, add in spring onions for garnishing and pepper to taste. Best serve with rice and you can even use the soup as raman soup base.